Despite nabbing the honor as the song with the worst ’80s drum sound, this tune was a smash hit. Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" was handed a special mention for the "Worst '80s Drum Sound" on ...

Popular music was in a very different place in the 1980s than it had been in the '70s. Even as hair product use expanded, song complexity shrunk, or at least changed focus as styles like new wave ...

When you think of the ultimate drum intros in music history, your mind probably goes to the thundering fills of Led Zeppelin, the driving beat of Michael Jackson’s "Billie Jean," or the iconic opening ...

Every decade has its defining sounds: the tonal building blocks and production trends that distinguish them from what came before, and much of this is dictated by technology. In the '80s, this reached ...

Dave Grohl has revealed the surprising '80s inspiration behind one of his early drum kits that eventually was used on Nirvana's classic Nevermind album. In a video featuring Grohl and later sent to ...